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SOME GUY IN

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Why it worked

The video taps into the common experience of trading in games and the curiosity about their actual value. The sheer volume of games and the surprising outcome of the trade-in create a compelling narrative.

Summary

A man traded in a massive collection of Xbox 360 games to GameStop for $1,000 in store credit, which he used to buy a new PS5. The video then calculates the potential value of the game collection if sold at retail price.

Structure

1Man trades in huge game collection
2Buys a PS5 with store credit
3Video calculates the potential value of the games
4Questions GameStop's handling of the collection

Product placement

GameStop ACTS - it is a retail store where video games are traded in and sold. Removing it would change the context of the video. Xbox 360 ACTS - it is a video game console, and the games being traded in are for this console. Removing it would change the context of the video.

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SOME GUY IN OHIO BROUGHT ALL INTO GAMESTOP AND TRADED THEM IN FOR $1,000 OF STORE CREDIT DON'T WORRY THOUGH HE WALKED AWAY BRAND NEW P $5 THINKING THAT THIS ENTIRE COLLECTION MORE THAN $1,000 AND YOU'D BE THE MATH JUST THIS STACK OF GAMES ALONE IS 28 GAMES BUT AS YOU AVERAGE STACK IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN 28 SO WE'RE GOING TO AVERAGE IT AT AROUND 32 SO WE HAVE 32 GAMES PER STACK TWO THREE SIX STACKS OF GAMES IN THE AHEAD AND DOUBLE THAT FOR THE THE BACK THAT WE CAN'T SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 12 STACKS OF 32 GAMES FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF 384 GAMES THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A XBOX 360 GAME AT THE TIME IS $50 THAT MEANS THIS COLLECTION IS WORTH PROBABLY AROUND $19,000 THIS IS NOT ADJUSTING FOR INFLATION TO CONSIDER THE NOSTALGIC VALUE BEHIND THESE GAMES A PIECE OF GAMING HISTORY YOU COULD PUT THIS IN A MUSEUM WHAT DO YOU THINK GAMESTOP IS GONNA DO WITH THIS COLLECTION

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Bro messed up 😭 #gamestop #fyp